Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 3, Issue 5 , Pages 537-540 , September 2007

Perioperative outcomes of bariatric surgery in adolescents compared with adults at academic medical centers

This study was presented as an oral presentation at the 24th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Bariatric Surgery, San Diego, CA, June 14, 2007

  • J. Esteban Varela, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: J. Esteban Varela, M.D., M.P.H., Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern, Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System, 4500 South Lancaster Road (112), Dallas, TX 75216.
    • ,
  • Marcelo W. Hinojosa, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, California, USA
    • ,
  • Ninh T. Nguyen, M.D., F.A.C.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, California, USA

Received 1 May 2007 ,Revised 25 June 2007 ,Accepted 14 July 2007.

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PII: S1550-7289(07)00566-7

doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2007.07.002

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 3, Issue 5 , Pages 537-540 , September 2007

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